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Scores fall as teacher works overtime at elite school

Student sits out a class in ChinaWhen schools in China push children today to learn English with no self-evident reason except to pass tests because we said you had to pass, the students tune out, a break from the more study-hard, ask-no-questions past.... ...full story at Laowiseass

from Laowiseass on Fri, Oct 30 2009

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